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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`VERANCE CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MZ AUDIO SCIENCES, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2022-01544
`Patent No. 7,289,961
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`PETITIONER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO WITHDRAW CERTAIN
`COUNSEL
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`I.
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`STATEMENT OF RELIEF REQUESTED
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e) and the Board’s July 3, 2023 email
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`authorizing this motion, Petitioner Verance Corporation respectfully requests that
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`the Board authorize the withdrawal of Lead and Backup Counsel Richard F. Giunta,
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`Thomas A. Franklin, and Michael N. Rader for Sony Petitioners in this proceeding.
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`II. REASONS FOR RELIEF REQUESTED
`On June 26, 2023, the Board entered an Order Terminating Sony Group
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`Corporation (Japan), Sony Corporation of America, Sony Interactive Entertainment
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`LLC, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., and Sony Electronics Inc. (collectively
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`“Sony Petitioners”) from the instant Inter Partes Review (Paper 17). As previously
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`noted in Petitioner’s Power of Attorney submitted in this proceeding, Attorneys
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`Giunta, Franklin, and Rader represented only the Sony Petitioners, and do not have
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`an attorney-client relationship with Verance Corporation. Paper 6 at 1 n.1. Given
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`that the Sony Petitioners have been terminated from this proceeding, and Verance
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`Corporation is now the sole Petitioner in this trial, it is appropriate to allow counsel
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`for the Sony Petitioners to withdraw. Good cause therefore exists for the Board to
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`authorize Attorneys Giunta, Franklin and Rader withdrawal pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.10(e).
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`Patent Owner has been consulted and does not object to withdrawal of
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`Attorneys Giunta, Franklin and Rader. Further, Counsel for Sony Petitioners have
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`been consulted and do not object to this motion. No changes to the schedule would
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`be required based on this change in counsel. Petitioner will continue to be
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`represented by a lead counsel and at least one back-up counsel in compliance with
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(a). Updated Mandatory Notices and an Updated Power of
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`Attorney are being submitted herewith for remaining Petitioner Verance
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`Corporation.
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`Based on the above, granting this motion will not hinder the economy, the
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`integrity of the patent system, the efficient administration of the Office, or the ability
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`of the Office to timely complete this proceeding. See 35 U.S.C. § 316(b).
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`III. CONCLUSION
`Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board authorize the withdrawal of
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`Richard F. Giunta, Thomas A. Franklin, and Michael N. Rader from this proceeding.
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`Date: July 5, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
`Verance Corporation
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`/Babak Tehranchi/
`Babak Tehranchi, Reg. No. 55,937
`Thomas Millikan, Reg. No. 72,316
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`11452 El Camino Real, Suite 300
`San Diego, CA 92130-2080
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies service on the Patent Owner, pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.6(e), by electronic (e-mail) delivery of a true copy of the foregoing
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`PETITIONER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO WITHDRAW CERTAIN
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`COUNSEL to lead and backup counsel of record for Patent Owner as follows:
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`Sarah E. Spires, Steven W. Hartsell, Ryan A. Hargrave
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`MZAudioSciences_SDTeam@skiermontderby.com
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`Date: July 5, 2023
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`By: /Meghan Bright/
`Meghan Bright
`Patent Paralegal
`Perkins Coie LLP
`1201 Third Avenue Suite 4900
`Seattle, WA 98101-3099
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